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New rules for the social and health care assistant training
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om erhvervsuddannelsen til social- og sundhedshjælper
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The training to become a social and health care assistant gets a new executive order.
- Several requirements now refer to the training scheme.
- The requirements for the school certificate have also changed.
- Who: The rules apply to students on the vocational education programme for social and health care assistants.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 August 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 14 January 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 21 January 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026